Living Fearless

When I was first asked to speak, my five year old son asked me: ‘What ARE you afraid of?’

‘Oh nothing, sweetheart,’ I replied simply, ‘God has everything under control so I just leave everything to Him.’

Fast forward a couple of weeks and my 3 year old son is lying beside me in a hospital bed. He’s in excruciating pain with a staph infection and not responding well to meds. One of our biggest clients has just renegged on a major contract and we’re faced with the prospect of selling our home.

What AM I afraid of?

This.

‘This exact moment I’m living right now.’ I thought. This talk comes straight from the depths of my heart. Confronted by my own fears, playing out before my eyes. These are the strategies that guided me to a place of peace.

My name’s Annette and on July 29th, 2010, after working in Media & Advertising for over 10 years, I finally landed my dream job – motherhood! Now I have 2 gorgeous boys, Tyson (born 29th July, 2010) & Jack (born 22nd February, 2012) and along with my husband, I run a boutique advertising agency called Blue Box Media. Now, I balance 3am feeds with 5pm deadlines. I make cold calls and packed lunches. And I do business while cleaning up ‘business’ – the ultimate multi-tasker. I don’t have it all together… au contraire! But what would be the fun in that, anyway? Amongst all the tears and tantrums (sometimes my own), the busyness and messiness, it’s a great honour and privilege to be a mum.
These are some of my stories along my motherhood and faith journey and in particular, the delicate balancing act that it is to be a working mum.